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Let's begin our worship singing in Psalm 95.
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Psalm number 95 in the Scottish Psalter, that's on page 357.
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The tune is Lingam, verses 1 to 6.
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O come, let us sing to the Lord. Come, let us everyone a joyful noise make to the rock of our salvation.
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Let us before his presence come with praise and thankful voice.
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Let us sing psalms to him with grace and make a joyful noise.
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Verses 1 to 6, and if you're able to stand, please stand for the singing.
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A joyful noise make to the rock of our salvation, of our salvation, of our salvation, of our salvation.
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Let us before his presence come with praise and thankful voice.
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Let us sing psalms to him with praise and make a joyful noise.
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Let us sing psalms to him with praise and make a joyful noise.
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And make a joyful noise.
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For God a great, God a great King, above all God's He is, above all God's He is.
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The strength of His, above all God's He is.
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hymn I am magnified.
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For God's Jesus, above all God's He is.
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Before His, above all God's He is on earth.
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For God's He is a great King of His, above all God's He is.
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His hands, it's for my worship here, it's for my worship here, it's for my worship here.
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O come, let us worship him, let us bow down with all, let us bow down with all, and on our knees before the Lord.
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O come, let us bow down with all, let us bow down with all, let us bow down with all.
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Let's now join together in prayer.
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Our prayer at this point is for the young folks in the Sunday School and tweenies especially.
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So let's join together in prayer.
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Lord our God, we give thanks that you have reminded us and taught us in these great words we have sung,
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that you are our God and our King, that you are worthy of all our worship,
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that you are the one who has created us and brought us into being and sustains us, keeps us from day to day.
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We thank you today that we are here together in relation to the gospel, to the worship of your name.
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Help us to be, as we were singing, a people who draw near to God, to give him thanks, to call upon his name, to receive our strength from you.
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Blessed today we pray, our young people, we give thanks for them and we give thanks that they are assured they belong to the congregation and are valuable to us.
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We give thanks, Lord, especially that they are precious in your eyes.
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We pray that your blessing will be with them today.
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And as they receive teaching from your word, help them, we pray, to take this into their own hearts
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and enable them to act accordingly and live in accordance with your truth.
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And keep them as well in the world, O Lord, from all that is harmful.
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Shield them about, we pray, with your own protective care.
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And give them from day to day to know that you are their God and their King also.
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So bless them now, we pray, and help them in all that they do in school and in their time of holiday
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to reflect upon God and to think upon him and to realize the preciousness of knowing him
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and of placing their trust in him.
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Hear us now, we pray, and pardon our sin for Jesus' sake.
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Amen.
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Okay, today I'm going to ask you to remember 3, 2, 1.
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Do you think I'll remember that?
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3, 2, 1.
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Quite easy to remember.
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What do I mean remembering 3, 2, 1?
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Well, 3 days, 2 events, and 1 person.
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Can anybody think of what the 3 days might be?
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The 3 days are the 3 days from the time that Jesus was crucified
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until he rose from the dead 3 days after that.
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3 important days.
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Probably the 3 most important days in the whole history of the world or of mankind.
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Because in these 3 days, the Son of God, Jesus, gave himself to die on the cross for our sins.
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The middle day, nothing happened, but his body was still in the tomb.
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And then on the 3rd day, he rose again from the dead, conquering death.
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And so went afterwards back to heaven to God's right hand.
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3 important days.
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And the things that happened on these 3 important days are also important events.
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So 3 important days, but 2 important events.
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Firstly, his death on the cross.
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And then secondly, his resurrection arising from the dead.
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2 important events.
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2 important events during these 3 important days.
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His death on the cross was the death that was due to us for our sins.
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But he took our sins and he died that death.
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And after he had died, his body was placed in the sepulcher.
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And the death of Jesus is presented in the Bible to us as so, so important.
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Because by his death and then his resurrection afterwards, we come to be saved.
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When we come to trust in him, all that he did by his death on the cross and his resurrection from the grave,
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all that he did, all that that means, the salvation that that obtained for us,
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becomes ours as we trust in him.
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So the 2 important events, the death of Jesus and the resurrection of Jesus.
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You'll find in the Gospels a description of how the disciples, Peter and John especially,
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went to where he had been buried.
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And his body wasn't there.
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And 2 angels were there.
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And they were told that he had risen from the dead.
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And he met with them afterwards, sometime later, and with others.
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Because he was now alive.
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And that is the most important event along with his death in the history of the world.
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Three important days.
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Two important events.
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One important person.
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Because it's all about Jesus.
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It's all about Jesus.
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This Bible is all about Jesus.
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The Lord describes God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, ourselves, the creation, so many, many things.
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But Jesus really is the main figure in it.
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The Savior who came to save us as sinners.
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3-2-1.
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If I ask you tomorrow, 3-2-1, do you think you'll remember what 3-2-1 means?
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I know you will.
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Three days.
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Two events.
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One person.
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Okay.
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We're going to say the Lord's Prayer together.
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Let's say the Lord's Prayer.
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Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
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Thy kingdom come.
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Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
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Give us this day our daily bread.
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And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.
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And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
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For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.
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Amen.
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We're going to sing again now to God's praise this time.
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It's in Psalm 40.
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Sing Psalms in Psalm 40, verses 1-5.
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The tune is Walton.
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I waited long upon the Lord.
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He heard my cry and turned to me.
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He raised me from the slimy pit.
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And from the mire he pulled me free.
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He set my feet on solid rock, a place to stand both firm and broad.
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He put a new song in my mouth.
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A joyful hymn of praise to God.
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Verses 1-5 of Psalm 40.
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I waited long upon the Lord.
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I waited long upon the Lord.
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He heard my cry and turned to me.
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He raised me from the slimy pit.
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And from the mire he pulled me free.
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He set my feet on solid rock, a place to stand both firm and broad.
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He put a new song in my mouth.
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And from the mire he put a new song in my mouth.
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And from the mire he puts a new song in my mouth.
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And from the mire he put a new song in my mouth.
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to God.
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Then he will live with
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godly fear, and on the
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Lord alone rely.
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Blessed are they who
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trust the Lord, who
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shone the proud and lost
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the light.
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The wonders you have done,
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O Lord, how many and
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how great they are.
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Your plans, what else are
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far beyond our
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how to
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number or declare.
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Let's turn now to read God's word.
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We find that today in Acts chapter 4,
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book of the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 4.
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We're going to read verses 1 to 22.
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This is just following on the account we have of Peter and John and some of the ways in which they addressed the people.
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So at chapter 4 at the beginning,
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as they were speaking to the people,
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the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
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greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
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And they arrested them and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening.
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But many of those who had heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
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On the next day, the rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem with Annas, the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and all who were of the high priestly family.
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And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired,
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By what power or by what name did you do this?
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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them,
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Rulers of the people and elders, if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man,
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by what means this man has been healed,
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let it be known to all of you and all the people of Israel
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that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
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whom you crucified,
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whom God raised from the dead,
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by him this man is standing before you well.
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This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders,
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which has become the cornerstone.
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And there is salvation in no one else,
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for there is no other name under heaven given among men
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by which we must be saved.
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Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John,
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and perceived that they were uneducated, common men,
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they were astonished,
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and they recognized that they had been with Jesus.
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But seeing the man who was healed standing beside them,
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they had nothing to say in opposition.
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But when they had commanded them to leave the council,
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they conferred with one another,
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saying,
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What shall we do with these men?
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For that a notable sign has been performed through them
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is evident to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
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and we cannot deny it.
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But in order that it spread no further among the people,
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let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name.
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So they called them,
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and charged them not to speak or teach at all
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in the name of Jesus.
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But Peter and John answered them,
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Whether it is right in the sight of God
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to listen to you rather than to God,
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you must judge,
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for we cannot but speak
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of what we have seen and heard.
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And when they had further threatened them,
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they let them go,
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finding no way to punish them,
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because of the people,
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for all were praising God for what had happened.
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For the man on whom this sign of healing was performed
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was more than forty years old.
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Amen.
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May God follow with this blessing that reading of his word.
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Let's again call upon his name in prayer.
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Our gracious God,
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we give thanks for the assurance that your word gives us
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of your own resurrection from the dead,
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that you preside over all things
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for your church and the happenings of this world.
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We thank you today, Lord,
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that we are gathered to worship you.
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We would not be here without the desire to worship you.
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We pray that that desire, Lord,
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may find its fruition
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in another knowledge of you in our hearts,
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another experience of your spirit
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applying your word to us.
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Lord, we pray today that as we gather here,
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so you would come to meet with us.
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We thank you that you indwell your people
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by your Holy Spirit.
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We pray that we may know that you are here in our midst.
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We ask for your blessing.
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We pray for your blessing.
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But we know that without your blessing, O Lord,
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the purpose of our gathering will not be fulfilled.
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Even though we could find ourselves following
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matter and form in our worship and in our gathering,
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it is your spirit alone that quickens us.
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It is your spirit alone that applies your word savingly to us.
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We pray to you today that that spirit
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will actually be manifested in our midst
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and active in our own experience.
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We ask your blessing today, Lord,
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upon all the gatherings of your people,
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wherever they be.
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We thank you today that there are many,
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many people throughout the world
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who gather as we do on this Lord's Day,
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a day that reminds us, O Lord,
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and teaches us of your own resurrection from the dead,
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not only at this time of year,
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but every Lord's Day that passes,
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every Lord's Day that we come to experience,
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is one that reminds us of the resurrection
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of our Lord from the dead.
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And we do thank you today, Lord,
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for this reminder once again,
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as we gather here today,
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that we come before you to give thanks
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for the risen Jesus,
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for the Christ who died and rose from the dead,
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and from the way that in being made acceptable
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to yourself in all,
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that he did as his Father in heaven.
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So we too are gathered, Lord,
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under all that he has obtained,
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and pray and plead these things in your presence
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for our acceptance also.
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We ask your blessing to be with us here as a congregation.
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We pray that all our activities, Lord,
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in association with the life of the congregation
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may go on being blessed by you.
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We thank you for every encouragement that you give us,
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that your work is going on amongst us,
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that your Spirit is active,
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that your people are engaged in the work of the Gospel,
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that there are others who are interested, Lord,
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in the Gospel and in all that it has to say to them.
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We pray today that for each one of us,
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your Word may be alive and vibrant in our experience,
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that we may know it, Lord, as your Word,
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piercing into the inmost parts of our souls
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and giving us to further our knowledge of you
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and giving us especially to rejoice in your salvation,
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to rejoice in the victory that you have achieved
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in your triumph over sin and over death.
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So bless, we pray,
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each and every aspect of the congregation's life,
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every home, every family, every individual.
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We commend ourselves, Lord, to you today
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and ask that you would richly bless us
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even beyond what we are able to ask or even think.
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Remember those of our number today
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who cannot be with us,
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those at home through illness or old age,
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we pray for them.
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We thank you for the facility of livestream
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by which they and others are able to partake
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of this time of worship.
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We pray that you would be with them, Lord,
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in their circumstances.
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We pray for those who are receiving treatment
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at this time.
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We ask that you would be pleased
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to bless that to them and bless them under it.
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We pray that you would bless those
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who are anticipating treatment or surgery
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in days to come.
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We ask, Lord, that you would be with them also
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to give them the calmness of heart and of mind
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that would trust in yourself
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and realize that all things do work together for good
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to those who love the Lord,
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who are called according to His purpose.
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We pray too, O Lord,
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for those who at this time are anxious over loved ones,
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those who have difficulties of mental health,
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difficult to do with addictions,
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other things that cause anxiety among families,
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those who have bereavement and sorrow
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to contend with,
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the loss of loved ones.
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We commend them all to you today
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and ask, O Lord, as we come together here
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that we would remember them constantly,
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for we know that there are so many in the world
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who have problems greater than our own.
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We pray for those today, Lord,
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who watch over loved ones injured in hospital.
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We pray again for William Graham
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as he spends time in recovery.
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Lord, we pray that your good hand
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will be upon him today
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and that the slight improvements
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that he has shown over the past week
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will themselves be an indication,
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Lord, that your hand is upon him.
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We pray that your good hand
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will lead him to further health and strength,
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be with Morag and with the family
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at this anxious time for them
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and with all in the wider family as well.
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We ask, O gracious God,
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that you be pleased to lay your healing touch upon him,
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be near to him in his soul as well.
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Lord, we thank you that even when outwardly
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there may be little sign
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or only a small sign of consciousness,
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yet, Lord, we know that you are able
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to reach into our inmost soul.
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So we pray for him and for his family
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and commend them to you
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and all other families today
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who have experiences like this
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and who we know may not belong to us
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as a congregation,
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and yet we know of them
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and we know of them in our community.
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We pray for them again today.
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Bless us as a nation.
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Bless us in these tumultuous times.
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We ask for your own blessing, Lord,
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for those in government over us.
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We pray that you would lead them in your ways.
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Help them to value
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and to live by your truths,
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your commands, your promises.
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We long for the day, Lord,
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when we will see a movement of that kind
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in our nation.
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We pray to you as the God
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who is able to do this
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and turn us again into your ways.
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So be with us now throughout the day, we pray.
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Hear us now and pardon our sins
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and cleanse us for Jesus' sake.
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Amen.
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We'll sing once more
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before we turn back to this passage of Scripture
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in the book of Acts.
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We'll sing in Psalm 68
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in the Scottish Psalter,
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verses 18 to 20
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to the tune Covenanters.
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And in the book of Acts and Ephesians,
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it's made clear to us
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that these words are prophetic
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of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ
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from the dead,
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as he has ascended up on high
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and led captivity.
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In other words,
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has overcome sin and death
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and left them vanquished.
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So we'll sing these four verses.
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Thou hast, O Lord, most glorious.
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Ascended upon high
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and in triumph, victorious
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and captive, captive, captive,
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captive, captive, captive, captive,
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captive, captive, captive, captive,
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and in triumph, victorious,
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and captive, captive, captive,
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thou hast received it for men,
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for such a child to rebel,
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in the book of Acts.
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In the book of Acts,
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the Lord is the Lord,
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in the midst of them I dwell.
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In the midst of them I dwell.
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In the midst of them I dwell.
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In the midst of them I dwell.
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Let's feed the Lord to his true trust,
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of our salvation God.
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Who live with his benefit,
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as well as he has seen the Lord.
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As well as he has seen the Lord.
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As well as he has seen the Lord.
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Who live with his benefit,
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as well as he has seen the Lord.
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He of salvation is our God,
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who is our God most strong.
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And unto God the Lord from death,
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the issues to belong.
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The issues to belong.
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The issues to belong.
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And unto God the Lord from death,
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the issues to belong.
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Let's turn now to Acts chapter 4,
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where we read a short time ago.
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And let's read again from verse 8.
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Then Peter filled with the Holy Spirit,
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said to them,
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Rulers of the people and elders,
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if we are being examined today
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concerning a good deed done to a crippled man,
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by what means this man has been healed,
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let it be known to all of you
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and to all the people of Israel,
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that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
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whom you crucified,
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whom God raised from the dead,
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by him this man is standing before you well.
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This Jesus is the stone that was rejected
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by you the builders,
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which has become the cornerstone.
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And there is salvation in no one else,
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for there is no other name under heaven
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given among men
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by which we must be saved.
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Prejudice always blinds people
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to some aspects of reality,
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even to the most important things
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that we should know.
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Prejudice always has that effect.
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It closes minds.
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Minds not prepared to think of any other possibilities,
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but that which prejudice thinks of
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as the only important thing.
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And you can see that here in this chapter.
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You can see here in verse 9, for example,
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if we are being examined today
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concerning a good deed done to a crippled man,
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by what means this man has been healed,
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let it be known to all of you.
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In other words,
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Peter is really saying,
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what is the sense in you focusing on
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what you're focusing on to these Sadducees
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and the priests and the captain,
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the rulers there,
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the spiritual rulers at the time?
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What is the sense in focusing
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with your objections to what we're doing
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when you can see for yourselves
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that a good deed,
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a good deed,
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a deed which really is a holy deed,
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to a crippled man,
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a man who really was in dire need
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of such a thing,
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of such help being given to him,
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what is the sense
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in just ignoring that,
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in just putting that to the side
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and focusing instead
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on your objections to us
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and to the Lord
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and the gospel that we preach.
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They should have rejoiced
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that this man who had been crippled
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and is now restored,
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that they should have rejoiced
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that this was indeed the case now with him.
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Instead,
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they're finding fault with James,
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with Peter and John
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and the other disciples.
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They're finding fault with them
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for what they're doing.
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Now, they knew,
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fine,
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when they were asking this question,
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who has actually given you the power?
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In verse 7,
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by what power
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or by what name
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did you do this?
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They knew very well
31:32
by what name
31:34
they were doing this
31:35
because you go back
31:35
to the beginning of the chapter,
31:37
as they were speaking,
31:38
the priests
31:38
and the captain of the temple
31:39
and the Sadducees
31:40
came upon them
31:41
greatly annoyed
31:42
because they were teaching the people
31:44
and proclaiming in Jesus
31:47
the resurrection from the dead.
31:49
They well knew
31:50
by what name
31:52
they were doing this.
31:53
They well knew
31:54
the nature of the message
31:55
that they were giving,
31:57
that it was about Jesus
31:58
and about the resurrection.
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And yet,
32:01
they are so prejudiced
32:02
against these men
32:03
and against Jesus
32:04
that this is what
32:05
they're focusing on.
32:08
And Peter responds,
32:09
and it's interesting
32:11
and important,
32:12
the beginning of verse 8 there,
32:13
that you see the description,
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Peter filled
32:16
with the Holy Spirit
32:18
said to them.
32:20
Peter was not giving
32:21
his own opinion.
32:23
Peter was not doing
32:24
anything less
32:25
than speaking
32:26
in the name of God
32:27
and by the Spirit of God.
32:30
And so,
32:30
what he said to them here
32:32
was something
32:34
that had come
32:35
from the Holy Spirit's
32:37
indwelling of his person.
32:39
And therefore,
32:40
added even more
32:42
significance to it.
32:45
And two things
32:46
I want to take
32:46
from this passage
32:47
briefly today
32:49
about Jesus.
32:51
First of all,
32:52
here is Jesus
32:52
the powerful Savior.
32:56
And secondly,
32:57
here is Jesus
32:58
the only Savior.
33:01
Jesus the powerful Savior.
33:03
Jesus the only Savior.
33:06
Now, they see,
33:06
they had asked them here
33:07
in verse 7,
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by what name,
33:10
by what power,
33:11
or by what name
33:12
do you do this?
33:14
And Peter in his reply,
33:16
let it be known to you
33:17
and to all the people
33:18
of Israel,
33:19
by the name
33:20
of Jesus Christ
33:21
of Nazareth,
33:22
by him,
33:24
this man is standing
33:25
before you well.
33:27
Now, the name
33:28
is something
33:29
that goes back
33:30
to the Old Testament.
33:31
because the name of God
33:34
was associated
33:36
with the character,
33:38
with the attributes,
33:39
with the ability
33:40
of God.
33:42
You go back
33:43
away to,
33:44
for example,
33:44
to Exodus,
33:47
chapter 34
33:48
of Exodus.
33:49
Remember God
33:50
revealing himself
33:51
there to Moses.
33:53
And when,
33:54
especially in verses
33:54
5 to 7,
33:56
we read that the Lord
33:57
came down
33:58
in the presence
33:59
of Moses.
34:00
The Lord descended
34:01
in the cloud
34:02
and stood with him there
34:03
and proclaimed
34:04
the name
34:05
of the Lord.
34:07
And that explains
34:08
to us
34:08
what is meant
34:09
by proclaiming
34:10
the name of the Lord
34:11
by God himself.
34:13
The Lord passed
34:14
before him
34:15
and proclaimed
34:15
the Lord,
34:17
the Lord,
34:18
a God merciful
34:19
and gracious,
34:20
slow to anger,
34:22
abounding
34:22
in steadfast love
34:24
and faithfulness,
34:25
keeping steadfast love
34:27
for thousands,
34:28
forgiving iniquity
34:29
and transgression
34:30
and sin,
34:32
but who will
34:32
by no means
34:33
clear the guilty
34:34
and so on.
34:35
In other words,
34:36
what is happening
34:37
there is God
34:38
is actually unfolding
34:39
for Moses
34:40
the contents
34:41
of his name,
34:43
what his name
34:44
signifies,
34:45
what his name
34:45
is actually
34:46
to be understood
34:47
as containing,
34:48
what God's character
34:49
is like,
34:50
what God's attribute
34:51
is like,
34:52
what God is like.
34:53
And you take that
34:54
with you
34:54
into Acts,
34:55
the name of Jesus.
34:57
And as you read
34:58
through these early
34:58
chapters of Acts,
34:59
you'll find that sometimes
35:00
all it says
35:01
is that,
35:02
for example,
35:03
they were accounted
35:03
worthy themselves,
35:06
they saw themselves
35:06
worthy of suffering
35:07
for the name.
35:10
Because the name
35:11
is really identical
35:12
with Jesus
35:13
who is identical
35:14
with God.
35:16
And here is
35:16
the name of Jesus,
35:18
the name that really
35:20
means exactly the same
35:21
as what it means
35:22
in the Old Testament,
35:23
the name of God,
35:25
the contents
35:26
of the name of God,
35:27
the attributes of God.
35:29
Remember in John chapter 1,
35:32
for example,
35:33
speaking about the way
35:35
in which Jesus,
35:36
the Son of God,
35:36
came into the world.
35:38
He came to his own,
35:40
but his own
35:40
did not receive him.
35:42
But to those
35:43
who did receive him,
35:45
to them he gave
35:46
the authority,
35:48
the power,
35:48
the authority,
35:50
to become
35:50
or be known
35:51
as the children of God.
35:53
to all those
35:54
who believed
35:55
in his name.
35:59
In his name.
36:01
Who took him
36:02
to be what he himself
36:03
claimed to be.
36:04
Who saw in him,
36:06
in his characteristics
36:07
and character
36:08
and attributes,
36:09
the very God
36:10
who is the Savior
36:11
of his people.
36:13
And this is what
36:13
Peter is presenting
36:15
to them here
36:16
in this incident
36:17
in Acts chapter 4.
36:19
You see the same thing
36:20
in chapter 3.
36:23
You go back
36:24
to verse 16
36:25
of chapter 3.
36:27
His name,
36:28
by faith in his name,
36:30
has made this man strong
36:32
whom you see and know.
36:34
And the faith
36:34
that is through Jesus
36:35
has given this man
36:37
this perfect health
36:38
in the presence
36:39
of you all.
36:40
You see the way
36:41
the name again
36:41
is a feature there.
36:43
And his name.
36:45
By faith in his name.
36:46
But there's the extra,
36:48
the added detail there.
36:49
By faith in his name.
36:51
Which of course
36:52
is such an important addition.
36:55
It's not just the fact
36:56
of knowing
36:57
who Jesus is,
36:58
but knowing Jesus
37:00
for yourself
37:01
that brings you
37:02
in to experience
37:04
the benefits
37:05
of all that he has done
37:06
by his death
37:08
and resurrection.
37:09
Faith in his name.
37:11
You see he's saying
37:12
we're looking
37:13
at the power of Jesus.
37:14
Jesus the powerful Savior.
37:15
Savior.
37:16
But you only come
37:17
to experience
37:18
the power of Jesus
37:19
for yourself
37:20
when you place
37:21
your faith
37:22
and your confidence
37:23
and your trust in him.
37:24
When you come
37:25
to believe in his name.
37:27
When you receive him
37:28
as he's offered
37:29
in the gospel.
37:30
When you actually say
37:31
this is the Savior I need.
37:33
This is the Savior I want.
37:35
This is the Savior
37:35
that I require.
37:37
This Savior who has
37:38
all of these attributes
37:39
and characteristics.
37:41
This must be
37:42
my Savior too.
37:43
who believe
37:46
in his name.
37:49
Who believe in him.
37:51
By him,
37:52
Peter says,
37:53
this man
37:53
is standing
37:55
before you well.
37:57
But then he went on
37:58
to add to that
37:59
whom you crucified.
38:02
This Jesus of Nazareth.
38:03
You see he's describing him
38:05
with all of these words.
38:07
Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
38:09
In other words,
38:09
he's saying
38:09
the very same
38:11
historical figure
38:12
that you knew
38:13
prior to his crucifixion.
38:16
This Jesus of Nazareth
38:17
whom you crucified,
38:20
whom God raised
38:21
from the dead,
38:22
by him,
38:24
this man is standing
38:25
before you well.
38:30
What a lot,
38:31
Peter packs into
38:32
that one statement.
38:33
the name of Jesus,
38:37
the characteristics
38:38
of God,
38:39
the historical figure
38:43
of Jesus,
38:43
the actual person
38:45
who lived
38:46
as Jesus of Nazareth,
38:48
who was crucified,
38:50
who rose from the dead,
38:52
or whom God raised
38:53
from the dead.
38:54
In other words,
38:55
God set his own
38:57
imprimatur
38:57
or acceptance
38:58
on him,
38:59
his mark of acceptance,
39:00
and raising him
39:01
from the dead.
39:02
Remember,
39:02
the resurrection
39:03
of Jesus
39:04
is itself
39:05
an indication
39:06
of God's full acceptance
39:08
of the death
39:09
he died on the cross.
39:13
And God is really saying
39:14
by the resurrection
39:15
of Christ from the dead,
39:17
by raising his son
39:18
from the dead,
39:19
everything that that cross
39:20
has done,
39:21
everything that happened
39:22
on that cross,
39:23
has covered
39:24
all of my requirements
39:26
as God
39:26
with respect to sin.
39:31
And so he is now
39:32
raised from the dead
39:33
and set him
39:36
at his own right hand.
39:39
This Jesus,
39:40
he says,
39:40
by him
39:41
is this man
39:43
standing
39:43
before you
39:44
whole or healed.
39:49
You see,
39:50
this is the emphasis
39:51
of the gospel.
39:53
The very one
39:55
who died
39:56
on the cross,
39:57
the very one
39:58
who came
39:59
as Jesus
40:00
of Nazareth
40:01
to live
40:02
amongst us
40:03
human beings,
40:04
the very one
40:04
who was raised
40:05
from the dead
40:06
by God the Father.
40:08
He is the Savior.
40:10
He is the powerful one.
40:11
He is the one
40:12
who has the ability
40:13
to change lives,
40:14
to turn things around.
40:19
The one
40:19
who is
40:20
despised
40:21
because of
40:23
his death
40:24
on the cross.
40:26
It's the very one
40:27
that did this
40:27
is what Peter
40:28
is saying.
40:30
And that's why
40:31
really the language
40:32
he's using
40:32
is a language
40:33
that is really
40:35
setting before
40:35
these people,
40:36
you know,
40:37
it's as if he was saying,
40:38
you know,
40:39
it's remarkable
40:40
that when you know
40:42
what this man
40:43
has been
40:44
and is now,
40:45
this crippled man,
40:47
and when you know
40:47
that's by the message
40:48
that we present
40:49
of Jesus of Nazareth
40:50
that he has done this,
40:52
it's remarkable
40:53
that you're still
40:54
so prejudiced
40:54
in your views,
40:56
that you're still
40:57
against him
41:00
and against the idea
41:02
of resurrection.
41:05
Jesus,
41:07
the powerful Savior,
41:10
do you know him
41:11
for yourself today?
41:15
Has he come
41:16
into your experience
41:19
as the powerful Savior?
41:24
Have you been rescued
41:26
from your sins?
41:28
Have your sins
41:29
been dealt with
41:30
in the sense
41:31
in which the cross
41:32
of Christ
41:33
has particularly
41:34
been taken by you
41:36
as God's answer
41:37
for your sins?
41:39
Has this Christ
41:40
who died
41:41
today come
41:42
to live in your life?
41:45
Have you come
41:45
to place your faith
41:47
in his name?
41:48
is your trust
41:49
in this name
41:50
that carries
41:51
all the characteristics
41:53
and the attributes
41:55
of God
41:56
so as to rescue us
41:58
from our sins?
42:00
Are we today
42:01
saved
42:01
through faith
42:04
in the name
42:06
of Jesus?
42:08
The powerful
42:09
Savior.
42:12
That's one thing
42:13
to be able
42:14
to say,
42:14
I know he's
42:15
the powerful Savior
42:15
Savior from what
42:16
I find written
42:17
in the Bible,
42:19
from what other
42:19
people tell me.
42:22
But friend,
42:23
you have to be
42:23
able to say
42:24
as I have to be
42:25
able to say,
42:27
he is my
42:29
powerful Savior.
42:31
He's a powerful
42:32
Savior to me
42:34
also.
42:36
So Jesus,
42:37
the powerful Savior,
42:38
and secondly,
42:39
Jesus,
42:39
the only Savior.
42:40
Peter went on
42:42
that this
42:45
Jesus,
42:45
in verse 11,
42:47
is the stone
42:47
that was rejected
42:48
by you,
42:49
the builders,
42:50
which has become
42:51
the cornerstone,
42:52
and there is salvation
42:53
in no one else,
42:55
for there is no other
42:56
name under heaven
42:57
given among men
42:58
by which we must
42:59
be saved.
43:00
Now he speaks here
43:00
of the cornerstone,
43:02
and that's going back
43:02
to the Old Testament
43:03
too,
43:04
as you know,
43:04
back to the likes
43:05
of Psalm 118,
43:07
where it's mentioned
43:07
as the cornerstone
43:10
that the builders
43:10
rejected,
43:11
the same has become
43:12
the head of the corner.
43:14
In fact,
43:16
you'll find in
43:16
Matthew chapter 21,
43:19
you'll find a reference
43:20
to that
43:21
on the part of
43:22
Jesus himself,
43:23
who obviously
43:24
saw himself
43:24
as the fulfillment
43:26
of the cornerstone
43:27
of the spiritual temple,
43:29
as he's there
43:30
in the parable
43:30
of the tenants,
43:31
and in Matthew 21,
43:34
you come to verse 42,
43:36
Jesus said to them,
43:36
have you never read
43:37
in the Scriptures?
43:39
The stone that the
43:39
builders rejected
43:40
has become
43:41
the cornerstone.
43:43
This was the Lord's
43:43
doing,
43:44
and marvelous
43:45
in our eyes,
43:46
and so on.
43:47
So there is Jesus
43:47
obviously presenting
43:49
himself as the
43:50
fulfillment of that
43:51
great prophecy.
43:52
And what is the
43:52
cornerstone?
43:53
Well, the cornerstone
43:54
literally is the
43:55
chief foundation
43:56
stone of a building,
43:58
especially in those
43:58
days.
44:00
And not only is it
44:02
the chief foundation
44:04
stone that takes
44:06
a lot of the
44:06
strain of the
44:08
building,
44:08
but it also,
44:09
it's the stone
44:10
that sets the
44:12
angle of the
44:12
walls that
44:13
follow out from
44:15
it, if you like.
44:16
The stone had to
44:17
be a perfect
44:18
shape,
44:19
perfectly angled,
44:20
so that every
44:21
other stone that
44:22
was then set in
44:23
relation to it
44:23
would actually
44:24
have a proper
44:25
straight line or
44:26
be in the right
44:27
direction.
44:28
So the cornerstone
44:29
is the vital stone
44:31
in the building.
44:32
It's not the stone
44:33
at the top of an
44:34
arch, as some
44:35
people think it
44:35
might be.
44:36
It's actually a
44:37
stone set in the
44:38
foundation, takes
44:39
some of the strain,
44:40
a lot of the strain,
44:41
but it also sets the
44:42
angles for the
44:43
building.
44:43
In other words,
44:44
Jesus, as he is the
44:45
cornerstone spiritually
44:47
of the spiritual
44:48
temple, the angles of
44:50
our lives are set by
44:52
that.
44:53
The direction of your
44:54
life is set by that.
44:55
The direction of the
44:56
church of God, as it's
44:58
founded upon Jesus,
44:59
founded upon that
45:00
foundation, as it is
45:02
really related to that
45:03
foundation stone.
45:06
He is the vital angle
45:08
setter, if you like,
45:09
for your life, the
45:10
direction setter for
45:12
your life and for the
45:14
life of his people.
45:18
And of course, the Jews
45:19
were waiting for that
45:20
fulfillment.
45:22
They knew the Messiah,
45:23
the promised Messiah,
45:25
was coming, that he was
45:26
coming into the world,
45:28
that it was going to
45:29
happen in the history
45:30
of humanity.
45:35
But they rejected
45:36
Jesus as their
45:38
Messiah.
45:42
They're still waiting
45:44
for their Messiah,
45:45
most of the Jewish
45:45
people are, who have
45:47
that religious attitude
45:49
to life.
45:53
He has been set as the
45:55
cornerstone through his
45:58
death and resurrection.
45:59
The cornerstone was set
46:01
by God through the
46:03
incarnation, the God
46:05
Son taking our
46:06
humanity, and then his
46:08
death and his
46:09
resurrection and his
46:10
ascension, but especially
46:12
his death and his
46:13
resurrection.
46:14
These are the means by
46:15
which the stone was set,
46:17
by which he was set as
46:18
the cornerstone in the
46:20
building.
46:20
That's where the
46:21
offense is.
46:23
Who's going to accept
46:24
somebody who was
46:25
crucified on the cross?
46:27
Somebody who couldn't
46:28
save himself as it was
46:29
put at the time?
46:31
How can he be the
46:32
Savior of sinners?
46:33
How can he be
46:35
almighty?
46:35
How can he be the one
46:37
that has power over
46:38
death?
46:39
Well, of course, you're
46:39
going to come to
46:40
appreciate that when you
46:41
really believe in him
46:42
and trust in him and get
46:43
to know him and realize
46:45
his power in your own
46:46
life, that that is
46:47
exactly who he is.
46:48
The death and
46:52
resurrection and
46:53
exaltation of Jesus,
46:56
the cornerstone of God's
46:58
spiritual temple, what a
47:01
tragedy that they rejected
47:05
having examined him, as
47:07
they did literally before he
47:10
was crucified.
47:11
We have no other king but
47:14
Caesar.
47:14
having examined him, they
47:18
came to the conclusion, no,
47:19
he's not for us.
47:21
He doesn't meet with our
47:23
expectations, with our
47:25
measurements of the
47:26
cornerstone.
47:29
And so, crucify him.
47:32
Crucify him.
47:36
What a great tragedy that was
47:39
for them at the time.
47:40
What a great tragedy that
47:44
that's still happening in
47:45
our world.
47:48
That this Jesus presented
47:50
in the gospel, this cross
47:52
of Christ, this death of
47:53
Christ, this resurrection
47:54
from the dead, is so much
47:57
not only put aside but often
47:59
ridiculed as being absolutely
48:00
ridiculous nonsense.
48:03
Who can possibly believe in
48:04
such a thing as foundational
48:06
for the development of human
48:08
life and human expectations?
48:10
You see, that's the tragedy
48:13
that human beings like you
48:15
and I, and most of us
48:17
probably did the same until
48:18
we came by God's grace to
48:21
know the truth for ourselves.
48:26
The very one who meets all
48:28
our need is the one that we
48:32
choose to reject.
48:35
This very one, that's what
48:37
Peter is getting at.
48:38
This Jesus of Nazareth,
48:42
whom you crucified,
48:43
whom God raised from the dead,
48:45
by him is this man standing
48:47
before you well.
48:49
This Jesus is the stone
48:51
that was rejected by you,
48:52
the builders,
48:53
but has become the cornerstone.
48:56
Whether they like it or not,
48:57
that's really what has happened.
48:59
And that's what the gospel
49:00
is saying to us today.
49:01
It doesn't matter how many
49:02
millions of people in the world
49:04
think otherwise.
49:05
He is the cornerstone.
49:07
He is the foundation of hopes
49:09
for human beings.
49:11
He is the foundation of our salvation,
49:13
of our redemption.
49:15
Nothing's going to change that.
49:17
And even if the likes of you
49:19
and I go on refusing him,
49:21
it's not going to change
49:22
who he is,
49:25
what he has done,
49:26
what he is for,
49:28
why he's important.
49:29
And he goes on to say,
49:35
there is salvation
49:35
in no one else.
49:38
And Peter is being
49:39
so emphatic in what he says.
49:43
He's the stone
49:44
that was rejected by you.
49:46
There is salvation
49:47
in no one else.
49:50
For there is no other name
49:52
under heaven
49:52
given among men
49:54
by which we must be saved.
49:57
saved.
49:59
And the word saved,
50:00
as you find it there
50:01
in verse 12,
50:03
is exactly the same word
50:04
as you find in verse 9,
50:07
for healed.
50:09
And you'll find that often
50:10
in the Gospels
50:11
that some of the miracles
50:12
that Jesus did
50:13
actually include
50:16
an emphasis on being made whole.
50:19
Being made whole.
50:20
For example,
50:21
you find a woman
50:21
with the hemorrhage of blood
50:23
where you find
50:25
Matthew chapter 9,
50:27
verse 22,
50:28
and the other accounts
50:29
of it as well.
50:30
You'll find this is
50:31
what Jesus said to her.
50:32
Your faith has made you whole.
50:35
Literally.
50:36
It may be not always
50:36
translated that way,
50:38
but that's exactly
50:38
what this word means.
50:40
To be saved,
50:41
you see,
50:41
means to have your whole person
50:44
brought under the provision
50:47
that Christ has made
50:48
of salvation
50:49
so that ultimately,
50:51
if you think of it
50:52
ultimately in heaven,
50:54
that is what human beings
50:56
in heaven
50:56
in their state of resurrection
50:58
and glory will be.
51:00
They will be whole.
51:02
They will be entire.
51:05
Mentally,
51:06
spiritually,
51:07
physically,
51:08
they will be perfect.
51:11
They will be saved.
51:14
All the vestiges
51:15
of sin,
51:20
of death,
51:21
will have gone.
51:24
That's what Jesus
51:25
came into the world for.
51:27
To make us whole.
51:32
To put together
51:33
what we,
51:34
by our sin,
51:35
fragmented
51:36
and tore apart.
51:39
And He came into the world
51:41
to mend this.
51:44
To fix this.
51:47
To make us whole.
51:50
To be the kind
51:51
of human beings
51:52
that God
51:54
created us for.
51:59
Salvation,
52:00
you see,
52:01
really restores
52:02
everything.
52:04
It restores
52:05
everything we lost
52:07
in our sin
52:08
against God.
52:09
restores
52:11
our righteousness.
52:13
Restores
52:13
our perfect holiness
52:14
ultimately.
52:16
Restores
52:17
our relationship
52:17
with God.
52:19
Our relationship
52:20
to God's requirements.
52:21
Everything
52:22
that we require
52:23
is restored
52:24
in Christ.
52:28
Go your way,
52:29
He said to the woman.
52:31
Your faith
52:32
has made you whole.
52:35
Salvation
52:35
is making you
52:36
whole,
52:38
entire.
52:39
the very thing
52:40
that we need.
52:43
And there is no other
52:43
name given
52:45
amongst men
52:46
whereby
52:46
we must be saved.
52:50
You see the name,
52:51
the word name
52:52
is used again there.
52:53
There is no other
52:55
name under heaven
52:56
given among men
52:57
by which we must be saved.
52:59
In other words,
53:00
he's really,
53:01
Peter is really
53:02
making his point again
53:03
forcibly
53:04
and emphatically.
53:05
there is no one
53:06
else that has
53:07
these attributes
53:08
that Jesus has.
53:10
Nobody else
53:11
has the name
53:11
that he has
53:12
because he is God.
53:13
Nobody but God
53:14
has that name,
53:15
has these attributes,
53:16
these qualities.
53:19
No other name
53:20
is given
53:20
under heaven
53:21
amongst men.
53:23
It's all in him.
53:24
Muhammad doesn't have it.
53:30
Buddha doesn't have it.
53:33
Hindu gods
53:34
don't have it.
53:37
The Christ of liberal
53:38
theologians
53:39
doesn't have it.
53:41
Secularism
53:41
doesn't have it.
53:43
Atheism
53:44
doesn't have it.
53:44
It's nowhere else.
53:48
It's all here
53:49
in the person
53:51
of Jesus.
53:52
There is no
53:53
other name
53:54
given under heaven
53:56
whereby we must
53:58
be saved.
54:02
You know,
54:02
I think we've lost
54:03
in our nation
54:05
and even through
54:06
the church,
54:08
in a wider sense
54:09
at least,
54:09
we've lost
54:12
something of
54:13
the dishonor
54:14
that's done
54:15
to Jesus
54:16
when any alternatives
54:18
are placed along
54:19
with him
54:20
as the means
54:21
to salvation.
54:23
It's a dishonor
54:25
to the name
54:25
of Jesus.
54:26
It's an honor
54:27
to the reputation
54:28
of Jesus.
54:29
It's a dishonor
54:30
to the person
54:30
of Jesus.
54:32
It's an honor
54:33
to the work
54:33
of Jesus,
54:34
to the death
54:35
and to the resurrection
54:35
of Jesus,
54:36
to even suggest
54:38
that there could be
54:39
a semblance
54:39
of qualification
54:41
on the part
54:42
of anyone
54:42
or anything else
54:43
but him.
54:47
And actually,
54:49
you and I
54:50
are doing the same
54:50
when we refuse
54:53
to accept him
54:54
and bow
54:54
in obedience
54:55
to his authority.
54:58
That's really
54:59
just going back
55:00
into yourself,
55:03
trusting in yourself.
55:04
today,
55:10
if you and I
55:11
are rejecting
55:11
Jesus,
55:12
we are
55:14
dishonoring him.
55:16
We're
55:17
dishonoring his name.
55:19
We're saying,
55:21
I know that
55:21
this is what
55:22
the Bible
55:23
tells me
55:23
about him
55:24
and I wouldn't
55:26
say it's untrue
55:27
but,
55:28
but,
55:28
but,
55:28
please don't
55:33
dishonor Christ,
55:35
dishonor his cross,
55:37
dishonor his resurrection
55:38
by refusing
55:40
to receive him
55:41
into your life
55:42
as your Savior too.
55:45
Because there is
55:46
no other.
55:49
And to have
55:49
any other
55:50
is to dishonor
55:52
him,
55:53
the only Savior
55:54
who exists.
55:55
And you see,
55:57
finally,
55:58
by whom
55:58
we must
56:00
be saved.
56:02
Doesn't say
56:03
might be saved.
56:05
Doesn't say
56:05
could be saved.
56:07
It says
56:08
by whom
56:09
we must
56:10
be saved.
56:12
You see,
56:12
being saved
56:13
is an
56:14
indispensable
56:15
thing for us.
56:17
And because
56:18
being saved
56:19
or salvation
56:20
is indispensable
56:21
for human beings
56:22
like you and I,
56:24
therefore the call
56:25
of the gospel
56:25
is in the imperative.
56:30
It's in the way
56:31
of a,
56:31
yes,
56:31
it's an invitation
56:32
of course,
56:33
but it's also
56:34
an invitation
56:34
in the form
56:35
of a command.
56:36
Repent.
56:38
Believe.
56:39
Come to me.
56:41
Because salvation
56:42
is indispensable
56:44
for us.
56:45
How can we
56:46
think of it
56:47
as anything else?
56:50
Therefore,
56:50
today,
56:52
friend,
56:53
today,
56:53
make Jesus
56:57
the powerful
56:57
Savior,
56:58
your Savior.
57:00
Make Jesus
57:01
the only
57:02
Savior,
57:03
your Savior.
57:06
By trusting
57:07
in Him,
57:07
by receiving
57:08
Him,
57:10
by acknowledging
57:11
Him as
57:11
the one
57:13
who has the
57:13
right to
57:14
control your
57:14
life,
57:16
by receiving
57:17
Him as the
57:17
Savior of
57:18
sinners,
57:19
by confessing
57:19
your sins,
57:20
by trusting
57:22
in Him,
57:22
by taking
57:23
Him at
57:23
His word,
57:25
or in the
57:26
simplest
57:27
language,
57:30
believing
57:31
in His
57:32
name.
57:35
Let's pray.
57:36
Amen.
57:36
Amen.
57:36
Lord, our
57:42
gracious God,
57:43
we pray
57:44
today that
57:45
through faith
57:46
in Your
57:46
name we
57:47
too may
57:47
know the
57:48
freedom with
57:49
which Christ
57:50
makes us
57:50
free.
57:52
We may
57:52
know the
57:53
righteousness
57:53
that He
57:53
died to
57:55
achieve for
57:55
His people.
57:57
We may
57:57
know that
57:58
acceptance with
57:58
You, our
57:59
God and
58:00
Father in
58:00
heaven, so
58:02
that we come
58:02
into Your
58:03
presence as
58:04
those who are
58:05
no longer
58:05
regarded as
58:06
guilty before
58:07
You, but
58:08
freed and
58:09
washed from
58:10
our sins.
58:11
We ask, O
58:12
Lord, that
58:13
through this
58:13
day Jesus
58:15
may be
58:15
precious to
58:16
us more
58:17
and more,
58:19
and may it
58:19
be so for
58:20
us as life
58:20
goes by,
58:22
that His
58:22
preciousness
58:23
increases in
58:24
our estimation
58:24
and our
58:26
commitment to
58:26
Him likewise.
58:28
So bless us
58:29
now we pray
58:29
and receive
58:30
our worship,
58:31
cleansing all
58:32
that is of
58:32
sin in
58:33
Jesus' name.
58:34
Amen.
58:35
Let's now
58:39
conclude our
58:40
service singing
58:40
in Psalm
58:41
118,
58:42
118 from
58:44
verse 19,
58:45
that's on
58:45
the Sing
58:47
Psalms version,
58:48
page 156,
58:50
tune as
58:51
Heron Gate,
58:54
singing
58:55
verses 19
58:56
to 26.
59:00
Throw
59:01
wide the
59:01
gates of
59:02
righteousness,
59:03
I'll enter,
59:03
and give
59:04
thanks to
59:04
God.
59:05
This is
59:06
the gate
59:06
of God
59:06
through which
59:07
the righteous
59:07
come before
59:08
the Lord.
59:09
You answered
59:10
me, I
59:11
will give
59:12
thanks.
59:13
Salvation
59:13
comes from
59:14
you alone.
59:15
The stone
59:16
the builders
59:16
had refused
59:17
has now
59:18
become the
59:20
cornerstone.
59:21
Verses 19
59:21
to 26.
59:23
To
59:24
26.
59:24
Throw
59:26
wide the
59:32
gates of
59:34
righteousness,
59:36
I'll
59:38
enter,
59:40
and give
59:42
thanks to
59:44
God.
59:46
This is
59:48
the gate
59:50
the gate
59:50
of God,
59:53
through which
59:54
the righteous
59:57
come before
1:00:00
the Lord.
1:00:03
You answer
1:00:06
me, I
1:00:09
will give
1:00:11
thanks.
1:00:12
salvation
1:00:14
comes from
1:00:17
you
1:00:18
alone.
1:00:21
The stone
1:00:23
the
1:00:24
builders
1:00:25
have
1:00:27
defused,
1:00:29
has now
1:00:31
become
1:00:32
the
1:00:34
cornerstone.
1:00:37
known.
1:00:39
The Lord
1:00:41
himself
1:00:42
has
1:00:44
come
1:00:45
of
1:00:46
this,
1:00:47
and
1:00:48
is
1:00:49
a
1:00:50
marvel
1:00:51
in
1:00:54
her
1:00:54
sight.
1:00:56
This
1:00:57
is
1:00:58
the
1:00:59
day
1:01:00
the
1:01:01
Lord
1:01:02
has
1:01:03
made.
1:01:05
In
1:01:05
let
1:01:07
us
1:01:09
take
1:01:09
great
1:01:11
delight.
1:01:14
Save us,
1:01:16
O Lord,
1:01:18
we humbly
1:01:21
pray.
1:01:23
O Lord,
1:01:25
we may
1:01:27
grant us
1:01:29
success.
1:01:31
He's
1:01:32
blessed
1:01:34
to
1:01:34
count
1:01:36
in
1:01:36
God's
1:01:38
faith
1:01:39
in
1:01:40
you
1:01:41
from
1:01:42
the
1:01:43
Lord
1:01:44
has
1:01:45
we
1:01:46
blessed.
1:01:50
I'll go to
1:01:50
the door to my
1:01:51
right here
1:01:52
after the
1:01:52
benediction.
1:01:54
Now may the
1:01:55
grace of the
1:01:56
Lord Jesus
1:01:56
Christ,
1:01:57
the love of
1:01:57
God the
1:01:58
Father,
1:01:58
and the
1:01:59
communion of
1:01:59
the Holy
1:01:59
Spirit be
1:02:01
with you
1:02:01
now and
1:02:02
evermore.
1:02:03
Amen.
1:02:04
be
1:02:08
blessed
1:02:09
Lord
1:02:09
Lord
1:02:11
for
1:02:12
this
1:02:13
day
1:02:13
for
1:02:13
a
1:02:14
good
1:02:15
opportunity.
1:02:16
Thank you.